Buckle.



L. M. MOLLOY.

Patented Oct. 22, 1918.`

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LEON M. MOLLOY, OF WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR T0 THE JAMES FfMOIJLOY CO., 0F NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION.

BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 22, 191%.

Application filed April 20, 1917. Serial N o. 163,387.

To all whom z't may concern:

Be it known that I, LEON M. MoLLoY, a citizen of the United States,residing at West Haven, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Buckles; andI do hereby declare the following, when taken Vin connection with theaccompanylng drawings and the characters of reference marked thereon, tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which saiddrawings constitute part of this application, and represent, in

Figure 1 a face view of a buckle constructed in accordance with myinvention and shown as applied to a suspender web.

Fig. 2 a sectional view of the same. Y

Fig. 3 a plan view. of the buckle, detached.

This invention relates to an improvement in buckles, and while adaptedfor use as a buckle for use on Suspenders or hose supporters, is adaptedfor various other purposes. The invention particularly relates toone-piece buckles of the so called slide t e.

yghe object of the invention is to so form the buckle and so ix the webthat the webbing will be firmly held and an ornamental plate providedfor the buckle; and the invention consists in the constructionhereinafter described and particularly recited in the claim.

In carrying out my invention I employ a iiat plate 4 formed withtransverse slots 5, 6, forming a top bar 7 and a bottom bar 8, and a socalled face-plate 9, the terms top and bottom being used relatively. Thebottom bar 8 as shown, is slightly oilset and the edge 10 turned outwardso as to form a gripping edge for the purpose as will hereinafterappear. This buckle is used in connection with a web 11 which passesthrough the slot 5 over the bar 7 beneath the faceplate 9, outwardthrough the slot 6 over the bar 8, downward and through a loop or otherdevice 12, the end 13 being folded over the top bar 7 and securedthereto. The strain upon the loop 12 or other device imposes a drawingaction upon the top of the buckle which tends to cause it to tip so asto throw the -bottom bar outward, thus causing the buckle to take a firmgrip upon the strap the edge 10 of the bar 8 assisting in preventing thestrap from slipping particularly when a heavy web is used. In thisconstruction the back of the buckle is completely covered by the strapso that a rustless buckle is produced, and the face-plate 9y or centralportion of the buckle is not covered, permitting that face-plate to beornamented or ergraved, as desired, thus 'vin a ver easin a earance to aidilicklq of the typle hereii relfgrred to.

I claim A slide buckle formed from a single piece of metal havingtransverse slots near its upper and lower edges forming top and bottombars and a' central ornamental face plate between them, combined with aweb one end of which is secured to said top bar, the web extendingdownward, thence upward over the bottom bar under the face plate andover the top bar, a portion of the web secured thereto whereby saidornamental plate is presented to view.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification 1n the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

LEON M. MOLLOY.

Witnesses:

CATHERINE E. MORAN, JOSEPH Coornr.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Tatents, Washington, D. c.

